Curriculum Vitae (music theory)

Indiana University – Ph.D., Music Theory (2016)

Minor Fields: Music History and Literature, Jazz Studies

Dissertation title: “A Transformational Approach to Jazz Harmony”

Indiana University – M.M., Music Theory (2010)

Outside Area: Jazz Studies

Furman University – B.M., Music Theory, magna cum laude (2008)

Furman University, Lecturer in Music, Furman University (2014–2017)

• Courses taught:
• Basic Musicianship IIIA (written)
• Basic Musicianship IIIB (aural)
• Basic Musicianship IVA (written)
• Basic Musicianship IVA (aural)
• Composition seminar (team-taught)
• Independent study in music theory; students’ topics have included
  • Schenkerian analysis
  • Transformational theory
  • Topic theory
  • Various analytical topics (Mendelssohn, Schnittke, R. Strauss, Stravinsky)

Associate Instructor of Music Theory, Indiana University (2008–13)

• Courses taught:
• Music Theory and Literature I
• Music Theory and Literature III
• Music Theory and Literature III Honors (twice, complete classroom control)
• Music Theory and Literature IV (twice)
• Music Theory and Literature IV Honors (twice, complete classroom control)
• Music Theory and Literature V (four times)

• “Transformations in Tonal Jazz: ii–V Space.” Music Theory Online 23, no. 1 (March 2017).

Harmonic Interaction in Stitt & Rollins’s “Eternal Triangle”

• Lightning talk for the SMT jazz interest group, November 2016, Vancouver, BC

Reconsidering the Lydian Chromatic Concept: George Russell as Historical Theorist

• Society for Music Theory, October 2015, St. Louis, MO

Diatonic Chord Spaces in Jazz: A Transformational Approach

• Music Theory Southeast, March 27–28, 2015, Greenville, NC

Jazz Harmony, Transformations, and ii–V Space

• Society for Music Theory, November 2014, Milwaukee, WI
• Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic, March 15–16, 2013, Philadelphia, PA
• Winner, Dorothy Payne award for best student paper (MTSMT 2013)

The Written Musical Symbol as a Medium for Interpretation: Schenkerian Analysis as Experience

• “Technologies of Experience” Symposium, April 2013, Bloomington, IN

Expressing the Inexpressible: Thelonious Monk's “Crepuscule with Nellie”

• West Coast Conference for Music Theory and Analysis, March 2–4, 2012, Eugene, OR
• Music Theory Southeast/South Central Society for Music Theory, March 11–12, 2011, Tallahassee, FL (handout)
• Music Theory Midwest, May 13–14, 2011, Lincoln, NE

The Temporal Importance of Scale Degree 5 in Schubert’s C Major Piano Sonata, D.279/ii

• Indiana University Graduate Theory Symposium, February 19, 2011 (handout)

Examining “Evidence”: An Inquiry into Thelonious Monk’s Metrical Process

• Florida State University Music Theory Forum, January 15, 2011 (handout)

• Senior Editorial Assistant, Music Theory Online (2014–present)
• Webmaster, Society for Music Theory (2017–2019)
• Digital Media Author, W.W. Norton, The Musician’s Guide to Fundamentals, 3rd ed. (2016–2017)
• Associate Webmaster, Society for Music Theory (2015–2017)
• Member, SMT Jazz Interest Group Awards Committee (2014–2017)
• Editorial board member, Engaging Students Through Jazz (2016)
• Member-at-large, Society for Music Theory Networking Committee (2014–2015)
• Editor, Indiana Theory Review (2012–2014)
• Digital Projects Specialist, Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature (2012–14)
• Editorial Assistant, Music Theory Online (2011–2014)
• Software development, “Music Fundamentals Online,” Indiana University (2012)
• Various positions, IU Graduate Theory Association: Treasurer (2010–2012), Symposium Program Committee (2010, 2012–13)
• Various positions, Indiana Theory Review: Production Manager (2011–12), Circulation Manager (2010–2011), Editorial Staff (2009–12)